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Got the laptop carts home in one trip after some Tetris style minivan loading. :-) Turns out that these are a bit smaller than the stock Photos I posted before, but these are going to work out perfectly.

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5 years ago

So today, I won 4 laptop charging carts at auction for $10 each. And yes, I have a plan. <g>

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5 years ago

Our April 7th MeetUp is ON! Before you freak, it's ON Google. We'll be having a virtual Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour MeetUp on April 7th from 7pm to 9pm. Just follow the link below. Hope to see you then! meet.google.com/cms-ikoc-vvt

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6 years ago

That's all for now. The NEXT tear down (in a few days) is going to be a LOT more involved. See you then! [eof]

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6 years ago

So in the end, the Treasures and the Trash. If you went to buy these parts you'd probably be out $50 US. (But not saying they're worth that much. Just ... not a bad return on a $3 investment. :-)

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6 years ago

Also worth keeping ... a MicroSwitch brand SPDT (non-illuminated) panel mount switch in really good shape, and a Murata Erie piezo sounder. Not all that valuable but certainly worth popping off of the board and adding to the parts bins.

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6 years ago

There is an LED / photo-diode pair that detect if the hose set is in place on the front of the machine. The diodes signal is processed through an LM393 dual comparator (strangely to me) configured as a window comparator.